From jhughes@demon.co.uk Thu Jun 27 13:48:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!jhughes From: jhughes@demon.co.uk (Julien Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Jun27.134853.2146@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:48:53 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Julien Hughes | jhughes@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 0B31 9489 BD2E 838C "Keep the channels open." From framirez@mit.edu Fri Jun 28 05:37:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!framirez From: framirez@mit.edu (Freya Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Jun28.053753.6252@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 05:37:53 GMT References: <1996Jun27.134853.2146@demon.co.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun27.134853.2146@demon.co.uk>, jhughes@demon.co.uk (Julien Hughes) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Freya Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From smuller@ox.ac.uk Fri Jun 28 23:31:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!smuller From: smuller@ox.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Jun28.233153.3148@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:31:53 GMT References: <1996Jun27.134853.2146@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun27.134853.2146@demon.co.uk>, jhughes@demon.co.uk (Julien Hughes) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Seo-yeon Müller Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."